Palmito Ranch Battlefield
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Palmito Ranch Battlefield
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| Location | Cameron County, Texas, USA |
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| Nearest city | Brownsville, Texas |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 5,400 acres (2,200 ha) |
| Built | 1865 |
| NRHP Reference # | 93000266 |
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| Added to NRHP | June 23, 1993[1] |
| Designated NHL | September 25, 1997[2] |
The Palmito Ranch Battlefield preserves the location of the last major battle of the American Civil War. Fought near Brownsville, Texas, the Battle of Palmito Ranch was a victory for the Confederacy. Today the area is relatively unchanged and the marshy, windswept prairies are almost the same as they were in 1865. Over 5,400 acres (2,200 ha) are protected under the National Register of Historic Places list. The only indication that anything happened here, however, is a marker on the "Boca Chica Highway" (Texas State Highway 4) near where Palmito Ranch originally stood.
References
External links
- Palmito Ranch, Battle of Handbook of Texas Online
- A PDF of Fish and Wildlife Service Information on the Park and Battle
- PDF on Texas Historic Civil War Battlefields
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